Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭā’ī | |
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Native name | حبيب بن أوس الطائي |
Born | ca. 796/807 AD Jasim |
Died | 845 AD Mosul |
Pen name | Abū Tammām |
Language | Arabic |
Period | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Ḥabīb ibn Aws al-Ṭā’ī (حبيب بن أوس الطائي; ca. 796/807 - 845), better known by his sobriquet Abū Tammām (أبو تمام), was an Arab poet and Muslim convert born to Christian parents.[1] He is best known in literature by his 9th-century compilation of early poems known as the Hamasah, considered one of the greatest anthologies of Arabic literature ever assembled.[2] Hamasah contained 10 books of poems, with 884 poems in total.[3]
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